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13. Commercialized <strong>household</strong> <strong>waste</strong> drying systems<br />

Household <strong>waste</strong> drying is an innovative technology that has never been used<br />

before for the management <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> treatment of <strong>household</strong> <strong>organic</strong> <strong>waste</strong>. There are<br />

no EU <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Internati<strong>on</strong>al reports showing that <strong>household</strong> <strong>waste</strong> dryers have been<br />

used in the past in either small or large scale for the treatment of this type of<br />

<strong>waste</strong>. An extensive World Wide Web research revealed that there are some<br />

commercialized <strong>household</strong> <strong>organic</strong> <strong>waste</strong> drying systems that could be used as a<br />

single device without being part of a wider <strong>waste</strong> management c<strong>on</strong>cept. No<br />

publicati<strong>on</strong>s have been found though showing the research results of the use of<br />

these <strong>household</strong> appliances. It must be menti<strong>on</strong>ed that all the <strong>household</strong> <strong>waste</strong><br />

dryers found were for indoor use <strong>on</strong>ly <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> made in Korea mainly.<br />

This Secti<strong>on</strong> aims to provide a brief descripti<strong>on</strong> of the existing<br />

commercialized <strong>household</strong> <strong>waste</strong> drying systems.<br />

13.1. Loofen <strong>household</strong> <strong>waste</strong> dryers<br />

Loofen Lee Co., Ltd was established in 2003 in Korea. The company has been<br />

developing innovative <strong>household</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> commercial <strong>waste</strong> drying systems since<br />

then. A series of <strong>household</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> commercial <strong>waste</strong> drying systems have already<br />

been c<strong>on</strong>structed <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> have obtained many nati<strong>on</strong>al certificati<strong>on</strong>s. The company’s<br />

<strong>waste</strong> dryers though have not been widely distributed internati<strong>on</strong>ally up until<br />

now.<br />

The company has created many series of <strong>household</strong> <strong>waste</strong> drying models with<br />

different capacities <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> capabilities but they all have the same philosophy. They<br />

all use heated air for the drying process. In the following picture, some of the 5L<br />

capacity models are shown:<br />

Picture 79.: Loofen company’s <strong>household</strong> <strong>waste</strong> drying systems, 5L capacity<br />

(Loofen., 2010)<br />

The following picture shows some of the 4L capacity models distributed by the<br />

company:

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